Belorussia

Be·lo·rus·sia

B0180000 (bĕl′ō-rŭsh′ə, byĕl′-) or Bye·lo·rus·sia (byĕl′ō-) Popularly known as White Russia.1. A region of eastern Europe in present-day Belarus and Poland. Settled by Slavs in the 5th century, it became a part of the grand duchy of Lithuania in the 14th century, merged with Poland in 1569, and was annexed by Russia in the 18th century. In 1921 the western part of the region was ceded to Poland, and the eastern part became the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, now Belarus.2. See Belarus.

Belorussia

(ˌbjɛləʊˈrʌʃə; ˌbɛl-) n (Placename) a variant spelling of Belarus

Be•lo•rus•sia

(ˌbyɛl əˈrʌʃ ə, ˌbɛl ə-)

n. a former name of Belarus. Also, Byelorussia. Former official name, Belorus′sian So′viet So′cialist Repub′lic.

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Belorussia - a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European sovietBelarus, Byelarus, Byelorussia, Republic of Belarus, White RussiaCIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991capital of Belarus, Minsk - the capital of Belarus and of the Commonwealth of Independent StatesGomel, Homel, Homyel - industrial city of Belarus to the southeast of MinskPinsk - a city of southwestern BelarusLubavitch - a town in Belarus that was the center of the Chabad movement for a brief period during the 19th centuryDnieper, Dnieper River - a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black SeaEurope - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British IslesBelorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian - a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia

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